Covered Market Kendal

COVERED MARKET - The necessary funds having been raised, the foundation stone of the building was laid, with great ceremony, on the 21st day of July, 1855, by the Mayor, John Whitwell, Esq., "in the hope that with the blessing of the Almighty on the industry of the people and the productions and fruits of the earth, the building now commenced may tend to the advancement of this ancient town, and to the accommodation and prosperity of its inhabitants, and of the neighbourhood." The building cost about €700. Architects, Messrs. Thompson and Webster. Builders, Alderman John Fisher, carpenter, and Robert Shaw, mason. [Cornelius Nicholson, F.G.S. Annals of Kendal 1861 page 157-158]

Replaced by New Market Hall built in 1887